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Karnak's thing is definitely treated as a type of superpower on the show. Glowing CSI effects and video game HUDs pop up around him and he's able to observe a hypothetical action scene and rewind it as if he's an invisible spectator seeing exactly what went wrong and how to fix this scene that hasn't physically happened yet. They don't address whether this is a superpower that he trained in himself, or if it's a product of Terrigenesis. Considering that everyone on Attilan goes through Terrigenesis, the current assumption from the audience is of course that this is Karnak's special Inhuman power. They might clarify that later, though.
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Oct 1, 2017 06:36
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Karnak not going through terrigenesis and having all his abilities just through training and meditation and all that isn't Ellis.
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Oct 1, 2017 06:37
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My understanding was that, somehow, Karnak is naturally able to discern the weakness in everything, as stated, and his only 'power' is the ability to leverage those weaknesses to his advantage. I faintly recall something about him not going through terrigenisis. Seems weird ultimately since he is nigh all-powerful.
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The Triton thing, at least, was covered. Bolt says they dont know for sure he's dead and sent Gorgon to check it out. The rest though yeah, I mean lol at Gorgon just wading in and immediately drowning
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All I know about Karnak is from the Ellis series and Charles Soule's various Inhumans series (I don't think any of them mentioned Karnak's origin though) and I know the current story is that Karnak had a sibling that went through Terrigenesis but got one of those hosed up transformations like Eldrac the door, so his parents made him not go through with Terrigenesis, and instead he spent all his time studying how to find the weakness in anything. edit: oh I guess the brother was Triton, okay. TwoPair fucked around with this message at 07:30 on Oct 1, 2017 |
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Oct 1, 2017 07:25
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If Karnak wasn't terri'd what's up with his enormous head?
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Oct 1, 2017 08:25
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X-O posted:EDIT: It got an 0.9, which put it in second place for the night. I was asking in the TV IV chat thread yesterday about ratings terminology. I asked about shows "doing a three in the ratings" and I think I was advised that it meant they got 3% of all televisions watching. What does it mean if a programme gets an 0.9? Does that mean 900,000 televisions were watching it? Likewise, what does it mean if a programme has a "4 share" like Aphrodite mentioned?
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Karnak, what his powers may or may not be, and the show's inability to convey them, was a major point of criticism for Sepinwallmuscles like this! posted:Its not NASA, just some random company that is putting rovers on da Moon. Huh, okay, well it still looked computers on folding table cheap Wheat Loaf posted:I was asking in the TV IV chat thread yesterday about ratings terminology. I asked about shows "doing a three in the ratings" and I think I was advised that it meant they got 3% of all televisions watching. What does it mean if a programme gets an 0.9? Does that mean 900,000 televisions were watching it? quote:The most commonly cited Nielsen results are reported in two measurements: ratings points and share, usually reported as: "ratings points/share". As of 2013, there were an estimated 115.6 million television households in the United States, up 1.2% from the previous year because of the inclusion of televisions that receive content over the Internet. A single national ratings point represents 1% of the total number. Nielsen re-estimates the number of television-equipped households each August for the upcoming television season.
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Oct 1, 2017 13:33
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TheDK posted:My understanding was that, somehow, Karnak is naturally able to discern the weakness in everything, as stated, and his only 'power' is the ability to leverage those weaknesses to his advantage. You would think that if Karnak didn't have powers, they wouldn't have gone so out of their way to single out Maximus as the only odd man out. But then again that's hardly the most inconsistent thing about that premiere.
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Wheat Loaf posted:I was asking in the TV IV chat thread yesterday about ratings terminology. I asked about shows "doing a three in the ratings" and I think I was advised that it meant they got 3% of all televisions watching. What does it mean if a programme gets an 0.9? Does that mean 900,000 televisions were watching it? The first number is the rating, and it's percentage of every TV owning household in America. The second is the share, and it's the percentage of active viewers at that time. This season, 1 ratings point represents 1.18 million viewers. The pool for the share obviously is not consistent even minute to minute, but it's averaged out. So .9% of all TV households, and 4% of those that were actually watching TV at 8pm EST on Friday night. Or about 1.062 million viewers, from a pool of 26.55m. And as mentioned, this is 18-49 demo. You'll usually get a total viewers number but nobody really publicizes ratings/shares for those because advertisers don't really care.
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Oct 1, 2017 20:25
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Because people are scientifically proven to stop spending money on things the moment they hit 50.
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ToastyPotato posted:Because people are scientifically proven to stop spending money on things the moment they hit 50. A lot of what they buy, they buy because they've bought it for years. No advertising campaign is going to convince someone who's drank Coke for 30 years to switch to Pepsi, but a 20 year old without a hard favorite is a possible convert for life. It's a lower key version of why tobacco ads were/are targeted at young people.
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Skwirl posted:A lot of what they buy, they buy because they've bought it for years. No advertising campaign is going to convince someone who's drank Coke for 30 years to switch to Pepsi, but a 20 year old without a hard favorite is a possible convert for life. It's a lower key version of why tobacco ads were/are targeted at young people. People in their 20s and 30s are already hugely opinionated when it comes to brands. Maybe this wasn't always the case, but in modern times it absolutely is. I say this as someone who has been in this age group for over a decade. I really doubt any Coke ad is trying to get any one to switch away from Pepsi at this point. It is more about triggering that desire for a coke. There are already studies that have shown food imagery can increase a desire for that food. The urge for food comfort doesn't vanish when you turn 50. Now maybe there is an argument that people over 50 eat less of those things that are advertised heavily, but I would be willing to be 50 isn't the magical cut off age for that either. 18-49 is arbitrary as gently caress.
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Oct 1, 2017 23:10
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We lost good men in those drat Cola Wars.
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Oct 1, 2017 23:15
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I drink Coke and Pepsi products. 
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HIJK posted:I drink Coke and Pepsi products. I tend to do both as well in the rare cases that I actually drink soda, except for when it comes to Vanilla Coke vs Vanilla Pepsi. Vanilla Pepsi was undrinkable for me. I tried.
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ToastyPotato posted:People in their 20s and 30s are already hugely opinionated when it comes to brands. Maybe this wasn't always the case, but in modern times it absolutely is. The underpinnings of a lot of the logic behind this stuff is ancient as gently caress and probably not accurate anymore yes.
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Oct 1, 2017 23:31
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HIJK posted:I drink Coke and Pepsi products. a-at the same time?
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Samuringa posted:a-at the same time? It tastes great once you smother it with enough liquor
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It's basically summed up in the classic restaurant interaction of "I'll have a coke" "Oh, we only have Pepsi, is that OK?" Has anyone ever said "No" to that?
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Gaz-L posted:It's basically summed up in the classic restaurant interaction of "I'll have a coke" "Oh, we only have Pepsi, is that OK?" I definitely know people who swear against one or the other, but they are pretty rare.
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Gaz-L posted:It's basically summed up in the classic restaurant interaction of "I'll have a coke" "Oh, we only have Pepsi, is that OK?" Yes. I don't drink anything sugary anymore but when I did I would always take water over Pepsi.
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That's insanely weird.
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Aphrodite posted:That's insanely weird. Pepsi is loving gross.
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Gaz-L posted:It's basically summed up in the classic restaurant interaction of "I'll have a coke" "Oh, we only have Pepsi, is that OK?" It happens all the time.
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Oct 2, 2017 03:50
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Aphrodite posted:That's insanely weird. They don't taste anything alike and I don't understand why americans pretend they're the same just because they're the same color.
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The only brand loyalty* of a sorts I have is craft local beer over big brewery stuff but there isn't one craft brewery I'll take over the other *thst I am conciously aware of. I probably have other ones I don't realize
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Lurdiak posted:They don't taste anything alike and I don't understand why americans pretend they're the same just because they're the same color. I'm the first one to usually say I can't taste the difference between two similar things, but even I notice the difference between Pepsi and Coke, so yeah, people are crazy sometimes I guess. For example, I can't really taste the difference between Coke Zero, Diet Coke, Regular Coke, and Mexican Coke. Granted, I only have soda less than 10 times in a year, but still. I've had them within days of each other in the past and have had people look at me like I am an alien for not noticing some huge difference.
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Like I'm not even trying to make some value judgement on one or the other but to me it's as weird as if I ordered orange soda and the waiter was like "Is lemonade ok?" They're different things.
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Oct 2, 2017 04:33
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Pepsi was the choice of a new generation and that generation can get hosed.
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ToastyPotato posted:I'm the first one to usually say I can't taste the difference between two similar things, but even I notice the difference between Pepsi and Coke, so yeah, people are crazy sometimes I guess. For the longest time I could not tell the difference between Coke and Pepsi. Nowadays I prefer Coke, but honestly I don't find the difference to be that big a deal, I'll take either (but I also think of colas as second or third choices, Dr Pepper tends to be my sugar water of choice).
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catlord posted:Dr Pepper tends to be my sugar water of choice. And there are those who visibly flinch when you suggest they try a Mr. Pibb instead. Soda snobbery runs deep.
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catlord posted:For the longest time I could not tell the difference between Coke and Pepsi. Nowadays I prefer Coke, but honestly I don't find the difference to be that big a deal, I'll take either (but I also think of colas as second or third choices, Dr Pepper tends to be my sugar water of choice). I am basically the same way. Growing up I barely noticed the difference, but I did notice one. Today I can still tell the difference but I don't really care one way or the other, but I DO prefer Coke in general.
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RC Cola or bust.
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Ojjeorago posted:RC Cola or bust. MONSTER
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Lurdiak posted:Like I'm not even trying to make some value judgement on one or the other but to me it's as weird as if I ordered orange soda and the waiter was like "Is lemonade ok?" They're different things. No, it's like asking for Fanta or something and getting "is Crush okay?" They're the same kind of drink. Captain America is definitely Pepsi. Aphrodite fucked around with this message at 05:20 on Oct 2, 2017 |
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As someone that rarely drinks either I can tell you 100% that Pepsi and Coke definitely don't taste alike at all. The one exception being if you get a fountain drink at some gas station or fast food place because they're so watered down they basically do taste the same. If you drink it straight from a bottle the taste is pretty drat different though. Pepsi is sweeter and Coke has a more syrupy taste. Unless you get the Mexican Coke from your local gas station/supermarket that is.
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